Moosbrunn Castle
The Moosbrunn Castle is located on the St. Peter's main street in the eighth Grazer district St. Peter .
History and design
Moosbrunn Castle was converted from a farmhouse, the “Wagnerhof”, in 1538 by Hans Gerhab, the sovereign administrator of Vasoldsberg, and expanded by the Herbersdorf family at the end of the 16th century. In the 17th and 19th centuries, the hook-shaped, two-storey building, which is provided with crested gables , was expanded and modified . Well-known owner families were the Khuenberger (1572), the Herbersdorfer (1575–1613) and the landscape secretary Dr. Gottfried Beck. From 1682 the facility began to deteriorate, but in 1735 contemporaries described it as revitalized. From 1751 onwards there were frequent changes of ownership.
The castle chapel in the west wing is dedicated to Jesus and Mary and has a tower with a neo-Gothic pointed helmet . The Stuccolustro -Wandaltar including altarpiece with a depiction of Jesus' farewell to Maria dates from the mid-18th century. The small organ on the music gallery was built around 1700. In the 18th century, Field Marshal Graf Heister and later his widow, a née Countess Kaunitz, were the landowners. Due to many changes of ownership in the course of the 19th century, Moosbrunn Castle fell into disrepair until it was renovated in the 1990s.
literature
- Karl A. Kubinzky , Astrid M. Wentner: Grazer street names. Origin and meaning . Leykam, Graz 1996, ISBN 3-7011-7336-2 , pp. 277-278 .
- Horst Schweigert: DEHIO Graz . Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 212 .
- Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces Graz, Leibnitz and West Styria . Birken, Vienna 1967, ISBN 3-85030-028-5 , p. 77 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ebner: Castles and Palaces. P. 77.
- ↑ Ebner: Castles and Palaces. P. 77.
- ↑ Kubintzky, Wentner: Grazerstraße name. P. 278.
Coordinates: 47 ° 2 ′ 34.5 ″ N , 15 ° 29 ′ 17.5 ″ E